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Council Member Upal cites $160,000 shortfall, calls for better institutional knowledge and community messaging
Summary
Council Member Upal recapped his first year, criticized prior fiscal decisions that he says left a $160,000 general-fund deficit and ongoing sanitation-fund losses, and said improving institutional knowledge and community messaging will be priorities.
Council Member Upal used his remarks following the mayor's address to reflect on governance challenges he has encountered during his first year on the council and to outline priorities for the coming year.
Upal said he learned the council inherited several unresolved policy gaps and fiscal issues, including a $160,000 shortfall in the general…
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